Children learn differently, so Tooele mom Maria Ruiz pays attention to individual needs. Currently, she sends her son and daughter to separate private schools in Draper. The arrangement works well, but money for tuition is tight. Her husband recently suffered a stroke and cannot work, and her ...
June is National Family Reunification Month, which is intended to focus awareness on the restoration of family integrity following a separating, state action. Nationwide, a child’s return home is the most common, permanent outcome following a removal. Over the past several years, 35 states ...
I remember the very first time I visited Ogden High School, so overwhelmed with joy that tears streamed down my face. The sound of Spanish being spoken and seeing a sea of Hispanic and Latino students took me back to my hometown in northeast Los Angeles. I wrote to a friend and said, “This ...
Take your kids camping this summer. You won’t regret it if you do, but you should regret it if you don’t. Camping with kids is a demanding job, from packing to unpacking, because the things we help them do in the woods are the same things we help them do at home — except without the ...
I know a surprising number of people who like to write and dream of hitting the big time, all the while keeping their pages in a drawer for fear that someone might read them. Putting your stuff out there is scary! Some, like me, write for their local papers, or self-publish, or have a blog or ...
Even though I’ve spent years being a women’s leadership scholar, advocate and activist, I’ve always struggled using the term “feminist” or “feminism.” I know others in my field have been frustrated with me because I don’t actively use it, but the term is so misunderstood. ...
